Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 389 This master is unusual

After thinking about it for a while, thinking of Zao Li and the policeman's arrogant attitude towards her, Fang Yiai became even more convinced that someone in the county government office was leapfrogging.

"Does our yamen have a county magistrate?" Fang Yiai asked patiently, thinking of the ancient rule that the county magistrate could temporarily serve as the magistrate if the county magistrate was not in the county magistrate.

Hearing the inquiry, the policemen said in unison without even thinking about it: "The county magistrate has been vacant for two years."

"The county magistrate has been vacant for two years?" Fang Yiai nodded sullenly, pointed at the teacup and said, "Whose is this teacup?"

As soon as this remark came out, all the policemen fell silent, and stood there with their heads bowed in silence, as if they had never heard Fang Yiai's inquiry.

Seeing the policemen's speech hesitation, Fang Yi'ai suddenly lost his temper, slapped the gavel and said: "Say!"

"It belongs to the famous criminal master in this county." Fang Yiai looked directly at the head of the police, so he murmured reluctantly.

"Master Xing Ming?" Knowing that the owner of the teacup is a little master, Fang Yiai sneered a few times, and said to himself: "A master of the staff, dare to sit in the main hall drinking tea and work? No wonder Long Live sent me to Mei Wu County, but it turns out that the land snakes here can swallow dragons!"

Fang Yiai stretched out his hand and pointed to the lead arrester, saying: "Go, go to the Nei Yamen and call Master to this county."

The lead arrester hesitated for a while, and then said: "Grandfather, the master is dealing with official business, I'm afraid it would be wrong to disturb you now?"

"Not good? What's wrong!" Since arriving in Meiwu County, Fang Yi'ai has been sullen one after another, and now seeing the police say such words, the anger in her heart exploded immediately.

Because there were only slaves and policemen present, Fang Yiai didn't need to use the city's government or tricks, and simply went into a rage.

Stretching out his hand to slap the public case, Fang Yiai stood up and said loudly: "This county is an official appointed by the imperial court to govern the people on behalf of the emperor. All masters are regarded as the staff of this county!"

The words were so loud that the arresters were speechless. After knocking on the drum and returning to the court, the Zaoli who saw the magistrate scolded loudly, all the dissatisfaction in their hearts disappeared immediately. How dare there be the slightest negligence.

"Go, go to the inner yamen and call the master! Could it be that the county can't order you anymore? Are you going to rebel!" The previous reprimand had already dispelled the anger in Fang Yi's heart. What he said now, It was entirely for the purpose of deterring slaves and arresting the fast, so that they could improve their memory and know that this county magistrate was not a bun, and that he could not be handled by just any individual.

After being reprimanded, the head arrester nodded repeatedly, trotted out of the court all the way, and went to the inner yamen to look for the famous criminal master.

Sitting back on the wooden chair, looking at the slaves and policemen standing on the hatchback, Fang Yiai felt dizzy, "This group of police officers are confident, they obviously don't take me seriously, and I'm afraid it will be wrong when they do things in the future." It would be better to find an excuse to scare the chickens and monkeys to scare the monkeys out of their heads. Then it’s you two who are masters and criminals!"

This time Fang Yiai was appointed as the magistrate of Meiwu County, and then left Beijing under the order, but only a short period of more than [-] days. Although Chang'an City is well known, Meiwu County, thousands of miles away, is I haven't heard the news yet, and the newly appointed magistrate of Fang County is planning to take advantage of the gap in the fragmented information to "burn the black nest" by surprise, and seize the time to rectify the county government first, otherwise all the people on Henan Road will be in trouble. Knowing the details, I am afraid that I will be constrained everywhere in doing things, and it will be difficult to use my full strength.

Fang Yiai made up his mind to sit firmly in the tent of the Chinese army, and just waited for the bold famous criminal master to come, so that he could display his talent of "debating the eldest grandson Wuji with tongues", and find a reason to dismiss the famous criminal master, so that he could kill the chicken. Look at these monkey cubs in the hall.

After a while, the lead arrester came back first, and behind him was a middle-aged man in his fifties, dressed in a long gown and a Confucian scarf, and dressed as a scholar.

Master Xing Ming stood under the hall, looking at Fang Yiai, who was hairless and still young, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and sneered silently a few times, then slightly raised his hand after a while, and bowed to the county magistrate sitting in the hall. hand over.

"Student Meiwu County Criminal Master, Mei Zhusheng, see the new county magistrate."

Seeing Mei Zhusheng's arrogance, Fang Yiai frowned slightly, and said in a cold voice with no expression: "Are you the famous criminal master of the county government?"

"It's the student." Mei Zhusheng nodded.

Fang Yiai picked up the teacup on the public case, looked at Mei Zhusheng, and said, "Is this teacup yours?"

The police had already told Mei Zhusheng about the situation in the courtroom before, and seeing Fang Yiai asking now, Mei Zhusheng admitted it calmly, "It's exactly what the students used."

"Old miscellaneous hair, it's easy to recognize it!" Fang Yiai spat secretly, Mei Zhusheng's expression was arrogant and contemptuous, which already made him dissatisfied, and the reason why he was patient and did not lose his temper at this moment was entirely to find out who the master Xing was. Negligence, it was a good stick to beat him to death.

Fang Yiai rolled her eyes a few times, leaned forward, lay one hand on the case, and asked with a smile: "Master Mei, do you have a reputation?"

As soon as this remark came out, Mei Zhusheng almost scolded others. The reason why he, who is well versed in the way of criminal names, committed himself to the Meiwu County Yamen as a master of criminal names was precisely because he did not have any fame. Seeing that Fang Yiai asked about it on purpose at this moment, it was a scheming plan How can he fail to see that this is the aggressive method of this little doll in the hall.

Forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, Mei Zhusheng cupped his hands and said: "Students have no fame."

"No fame? That is to say, you didn't even pass the exam as a scholar? Are you still a child in Nuo's age?" Seeing that Plum and Zhusheng refused to accept the offer, Fang Yiai spoke again with a more contemptuous tone.

"A hairless little baby, why does he speak so savagely? It's clear that he wants to make trouble with this old man!"

Mei Zhusheng spat secretly, instead of being angry, he smiled and said: "What the county lord said is absolutely true, a student who is over fifty is still just a child!"

"Since he is a Tongsheng, how can he serve as the famous criminal master in this county?" Seeing that Mei Zhusheng is very good at nourishing Qi, Fang Yiai simply played a dirty trick, and straightforwardly expressed his intentions, wanting this old man It's better to retreat in spite of difficulties, or to show your flaws when you can't hold back your anger.

But what Fang Yiai never expected was that the more aggressive his words were, the more humbly Mei Zhusheng smiled, "Although the old man has no fame, the county's finances, taxation, correspondence, and even criminal cases and The storage in the internal office is all done by the old man alone."

"Oh? With so many positions? This old man has some skills!" Fang Yiai was a little surprised, and then asked: "Then Master Mei, how many years have you been working in the Meiwu County government office?"

Mei Zhusheng stroked his beard and smiled, and said proudly: "My lord, the students have been in the Neiya since the early years of Zhenguan, and this year is already the fifth year."

"The fifth year? The two county magistrates died in the river engineering for two years, and the middle one was promoted in either year. In this way, Mei Zhusheng has experienced the entire term of the three county magistrates?"

Thinking of this, Fang Yiai lowered his head and pondered, thinking, "Mei Zhusheng has many duties, and even the letters and papers are under his control. In this way, the two county magistrates before and after were taken over by him? No wonder they are confused." Died on the job of repairing the river, it turned out to be an empty county magistrate!"

Realizing the stakes involved, Fang Yiai's thoughts turned quickly, and she said to herself: "Mei Zhusheng has been able to serve three county magistrates without being dismissed. I think there must be his way. He definitely knows the cause of death of the previous two county magistrates, so he can't say no." There must be more!"

Thinking about the pros and cons, Fang Yiai suddenly came up with the idea of ​​cultivating a confidant, looked up at Mei Zhusheng, and said with a smile: "Master Mei, at your age, don't you feel tired from handling so many official duties?"

Mei Zhusheng also thought that Fang Yi'ai was hindered by his talent, and that's why he said these words of weakness, and he stroked his beard proudly, "There is a way that those who are capable work harder, although things are a bit complicated"

In the middle of Mei Zhusheng's words, her thoughts were thrown into a mess by an extremely loud gavel sound.

"Okay! Since the master said so, as the magistrate of this county, he should be considerate of his staff and subordinates. Tomorrow, a notice will be posted in the county government to hire several other masters to help Master Mei share the official duties."

After finishing speaking, Mei Zhusheng still wanted to argue a few words, but Fang Yiai would not give him such a chance, then patted the gavel, got up and said: "Okay, let's stop here today. Remember to come to work early tomorrow, don't Let the county knock on your door one by one!"

Fang Yiai walked out of the courtroom triumphantly, and went to the inner office full of scheming, to see the residence where he would settle down for a long time to come.

After Fang Yiai left, Mei Zhusheng's face suddenly darkened, and he snorted coldly, "I don't know the depth of the yellow-mouthed boy, I'm afraid there will be another dead water ghost in the ditches outside the city!"

"Master Mei, do you want to invite the head of Wangdu to discuss it together?" The leader of the arrest quickly moved close to Mei Zhusheng's ear, muttering in a low voice.

"Okay, I'm going to prepare wine in Huimenglou tonight, I want to have a good discussion with Wang Dutou, and find out this kid's background by the way!" Mei Zhusheng's eyes flashed a glint of predation, and he whispered in a treacherous and cunning tone.

(End of this chapter)